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# Installation

Currently, only two installations procedures are supported for Garage: from Docker (x86\_64 for Linux) and from source.
In the future, we plan to add a third one, by publishing a compiled binary (x86\_64 for Linux).
We did not test other architecture/operating system but, as long as your architecture/operating system is supported by Rust, you should be able to run Garage (feel free to report your tests!).

## From Docker

Garage is a software that can be run only in a cluster and requires at least 3 instances.
If you plan to run the 3 instances on your machine for test purposes, we recommend a **docker-compose** deployment.
If you have 3 independent machines (or 3 VM on independent machines) that can communite together, a **simple docker** deployment is enough.
In any case, you first need to pick a Docker image version.

Our docker image is currently named `lxpz/garage_amd64` and is stored on the [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/lxpz/garage_amd64/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated).
We encourage you to use a fixed tag (eg. `v0.1.1d`) and not the `latest` tag.
For this example, we will use the latest published version at the time of the writing which is `v0.1.1d` but it's up to you
to check [the most recent versions on the Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/lxpz/garage_amd64/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated).

### Single machine deployment with docker-compose



### Multiple machine deployment with docker

## From source